⎈ L4-L7 Performance, Optimizing performance, Karpenter effect, Replacing StatefulSets with a custom operator, Kubernetes Authentication

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📚 Articles

1. L4-L7 Performance: Comparing LoxiLB, MetalLB, NGINX, and HAProxy

2. [PDF] In-House Kubernetes vs. Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service

3. Optimizing Node.js application performance

4. The Karpenter effect: redefining our Kubernetes operations

5. Replacing StatefulSets with a custom operator in our Postgres cloud platform

6. Kubernetes Authentication: comparing solutions

7. From four to five 9s of uptime by migrating to Kubernetes

8. Metrics Gathering at scale — Multi Openshift clusters long-term observability using Prometheus remote-write to central Thanos

9. Introduction to Kubernetes APF (API Priority and Fairness)

10. Addressing AI/ML Workload Scale Challenges in GKE GCSFuse CSI Driver

11. Tackling OOM: Strategies for Reliable ML Training on Kubernetes

12. Containers: Apko from Chainguard

13. Kubernetes: Network Policies

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🌟 Kubernetes Best Practices in 2025.

The success of your cloud native environment relies on establishing a strong foundation.

Read these Kubernetes best practices to ensure you have the fundamentals in place. Avoid common pitfalls, implement robust policies, and realize the full value of Kubernetes.

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📖 Tutorials

1. Kubernetes Resource Optimization & Best Practices with Goldilocks

2. Creating a custom GitOps controller with Rust

3. Running multiple Kubernetes clusters locally using Minikube and vClusters: A Guide

4. Kwasm review: Run WebAssembly apps in Kubernetes clusters

5. Exposing Kubernetes LoadBalancer service using Calico CNI and FRRouting BGP on macOS

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📺 This week on the KubeFM podcast

Kubernetes upgrades: beyond the one-click update

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💼 Kubernetes jobs

System Administrator 💰 $89.88K to $146.06K a year · 🏢 based in the office (and remote from home) in Birmingham, AL, USA

Solution Architect 💰 $300K to $350K a year · 🌎 remote from the United States of America

Software Engineer 💰 $193.42K to $218.4K a year · 🏢 based in the office in Palo Alto, CA, USA

Machine Learning Engineer 💰 $248K to $391K a year · 🏢 based in the office (and remote from home) in Santa Clara, CA, USA

Systems Performance Engineer 💰 US$190K to US$240K a year · 🏢 based in the office (and remote from home) in London, GB

👉 Discover more opportunities on Kube Careers.

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🛠 Tools and libraries

1. Wave: Kubernetes Config Change Tracker with Auto-Rollout

2. Baaz: control plane

3. k4all ISO

4. cloud-provider-kind: Kubernetes LoadBalancer

5. Kubero: IdP

6. Komoplane: troubleshooting tool

7. Cloudnativepg: PostgreSQL operator for Kubernetes

8. Winter Soldier: Kubernetes Cleaner

9. Tanka: YAML alternative

10. helmper

11. Karpor: Kubernetes Visualization Tool

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📅 Upcoming Kubernetes events

🔥 Advanced Kubernetes course 📅 May 8

🔥 Breaking and Rebuilding Kubernetes: Understanding Resilience in Production-Ready Clusters 📅 May 9

🔥 KubeCrash Spring 2025 📅 May 8

🔥 DevOpsCon London 2025 📅 May 12

🔥 Devopsdays Singapore 📅 May 14

👉 You can find more events on Kube Events.

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📢 Call for papers closing soon

🔥 Kubernetes Community Washington DC 2025 ⏳ closes May 26

🔥 Cloud Native Days Austria ⏳ closes May 31

🔥 Kubernetes Community Days Lima, Perú 2025 ⏳ closes May 12

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 ⏳ closes May 28

Cloud Native Denmark 2025 ⏳ closes Jun 16

Kubernetes Community Days Porto 2025 ⏳ closes Jun 30

Texas Linux Festival 2025 ⏳ closes Aug 3

Devopsdays Tel Aviv ⏳ closes Jun 15

Open Source Summit Japan 2025 ⏳ closes Aug 4

👉 You can find more Call for Papers on Kube Events.

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Until next time!

— Dan